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AND HORTICULTU!{AL REGISTER. 



PUIILrSHKD BV JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 52 NORTH M.\RKET STREET, (Aghiculturai Wahehouse.) 



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BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1840. 



[NO. 19. 



N. E. FARMER. 



REPORT OF THE ANNUAL EXHIBU'ION 



OF TME Massachusetts ITorticulturai. So- 

 ciety — Sept., 1840. 



By II vote of tlie .Mcissachuselts Unrlicultural 

 Society, it lias fallen to our lot to prepare a report 

 of the annual e.\hibition. lu tlie performance of 

 this (iii:y, if wo were to follow the impulse of our 

 own feelings, we should probably say too much in 

 praise of our lirst love, the productions of Flora, 

 and let our imagination run riot in an attempt to 

 describe the beauties of the many fair .specimens 

 presented for our admiration ; but we are reminded 

 by Pomona tliat tier offspring have a claim upon 

 Dur special notice ; and we should prove recreant 

 lo our trust were we to omit giving, at least a pass- 

 ing notice of some of the fine varieties of fruits 

 which crowded our tables, and added so much to 

 Lhe gratification of our visitors. There was the 

 Gtrape, with its lusciuus juice, apparently ready to 

 burst the blooming covering which concealed that 

 'that maketh the heart glad": the Bartlett pear, 

 ivhich seemed to say, "come taste me and try me: 

 [ have but few equals and no superiors." The Gra- 

 ^estein apple was a temptation which almost set 

 jur injunction of '-touch not " at defiance. The 

 )luins, encircled with imperial purple, and with fla- 

 vor rich "beyond compare." Peaches, with colors 

 various, and with qualities beyond the pale of our 

 lescriptiou; — all these our readers will perceive, 

 )y a reference to the report of the Chairman of 

 he Fruit Committee, made but a part of the great 

 vhole. 



Who of all the lovers of Flora, could behold the 

 'arious specimens of flowers, from the gorgeous 

 Jloriosa superba to the humble V'iola tricolor, and 

 lot have his, or her, better feelings aroused into 

 iction — his thoughts raised to admire — his heart 

 farmed with love, and his soul to burn with ecstatic 

 lesire to know more of the worth of Him who 

 nade them all ; who formed them with graces and 

 inted them with colors so diversed, and scattered 

 hem with liberal hand wherever man is found. 



With these for preliminary remarks, we shall 

 low proceed to give a detailed account of the ex- 

 libition, which commenced on Wednesday, the 9th 

 nst., at noon, and closed on Friday, lllh inst., at 

 I o'clock, P. M. During that period the hall was 

 isited by many distinguished strangers from vari- 

 us parts of the Union, who had assembled in our 



ity to join the Whig procession at Bunker Hill 



t was gratifying to the committee of arrangements 

 learn from those gentlemen that an increasing 

 iterest in the pursuits of horticulture is now mani- 

 cst in various parts of our country. We rejoice 

 3 know this, as we consider Horticulture is like 

 Virtue — the more it is practiced the more lovely it 

 'ill appear ; and it may be said of it, as of Virtue, 

 its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths 

 re paths of peace." 



Por order, SAM'L WALKER, 



Chairman Com. Jlrraiigtments. 



Boston, Sept., 1840. 



EXHIBITION OF FLOWERS. 



Plants. — From J. P. Gushing, Esq.,; Latania 

 borbonica ; Pliceni.i; dactylifera ; Cycas rcvoluta ; 

 Chamserops hiimilis; Thea viridis; Begonia sp. ; 

 Photinia arbutifolia, &c. 



From Messrs Winship ; Eugenia onstralis ; Eri- 

 caspuria; Bnxus arborescens ; licgonia argyrostig- 

 ma ; Musa rosaciEa ; Ardisia colorata ; Acacia sp.; 

 Eriobotrya japonica ; Ficus elastica ; Fuchsia coo- 

 cinea; Eucomis vittata; Vallota purpurea ; Cereus 

 speciosissimtis ; Opuntia brasiliensis; Cereus cy- 

 lindricus ; Campanula pyramidalis ; Mflaleuca di- 

 osmaifolia, heliotropes ; verbenas ; roses ; gerani- 

 ums ; Tradfscantia discolor; Funkia japonica; Vin- 

 ca rosea; Belladonna lily; Amaryllis Josephine 

 (ill flower) ; and other plants, to the number of up- 

 wards of forty ; also, branches of the Shepardia ar- 

 gentea, full of fruit. 



From W. E. Carter, Botanic Garden : Teconia 

 capensis ; Magnolia grandiflora ; Crataegus glabra ; 

 Beanfortia decussata ; Rhododendron arboreiim ; 

 Illicium floridanum ; Hakea gibbosa ; Rochea fal- 

 cata ; Laurus excelsa ; Taxus chinensis ; Calliste- 

 mon saligna ; Liatris l.itifolia; Vallota purpurea; 

 Nandina domestica ; Draca;na fragrans ; Hibiscus 

 Manihot ; Eriobotrya japonica ; Melaleucas ; daph- 

 nes ; acacias; fuchsias; ericas; diosmas ; myr- 

 tles ; petunias ; azaleas, &c ; in all upwards of 

 sixty plants: also, a fine cut specimen of Hedychi- 

 um Gardnerianum. 



From W. Meller: Hoya carnosa ; Fuchsia te- 

 nella and globosa ; Citrus myrtifolia; Plumbago 

 capensis; Diosma ericoides; Gloxinia speciosa; 

 Eugenia australis ; Thuja orientalis ; Lauristinus ; 

 heliotropes, &c. 



From, Capt. Sumner, Boston: two Chinese plants 

 — remarkable curiosities ; and which attracted, and 

 deservedly so, universal attention. They illustra- 

 ted fully the Chinese system of gardening, present- 

 ing a garden in miniature. 



From J. L. L. F. Warren: variegated holly; 

 common holy ; silver-edged Box ; Stapelia sp. ; 

 Eugenia australis ; Fuchsia gracilis; Erica concin- 

 na ; roses ; rosemary, &c. &c. 



Cut Flowers. — From E. H. Derby, Salem : A- 

 maryllis Belladonna; do. var. ? Oxalis sp. .' and 

 Nymphee odorata. 



From John Lewis Russell : a fine bouquet, com- 

 posed of the following native plants: Liatris scari- 

 osa ; Gentiana crinita ; Neottia spiralis, and Poly- 

 gonum articulatum. 



A magnificent specimen of Gloriosa superba, 

 from Madam Lowell, Roxbury, attracted great ad- 

 miration. 



From S. Walker; fine pansies, and specimens 

 of Tigridia cimchiflora. 



From W. Kenrick : roses in variety. 



From D. Haggerston, a collection of several va- 

 rieties of verbenas. 



Noisette roses, very fine, from S. R. Johnson. 



A bunch of superb Gorman asters, from Mr Ar- 

 nold, Cambridgcport. 



German asters from Josiah Stickney. Asters 

 from J. A. Kenrick and S. Sweetser. 



Verbenas from J. Breck & Co. 



From Hovey & Co. : a collection of superb ver- 



j bcnas, including the following twenty species and 

 varieties, many of them new and very splendid viz: 



j Verbena chamaedrifolia ; Arraniana ; Tweedieana, 

 andT. superba; Eyreana ; teucroides; incisa; Bin- 

 neyana ; fulgens ; Wales's seedling; VVincheste- 



I rii ; Russellii ; Colcordii ; Pepperi : igncscens ; 

 Hirstii ; Richardsonii ; Poweilii speciosa and ve- 

 nosa. Hovey & Co. sent a collection of ten varie- 

 ties of most superb double balsams, viz: rose, pur- 

 ple, scarlet, white, mottled, scarlet spotted, crimson 

 spotted, purple spotted, striped r.nd ruby colored. 



Messrs Winship sent a basket of Passiflora 

 quadrangularis. 



Dahlias. — From Josiah Stickney : Ansell's Un- 

 ique ; Horsham Rival ; Ingham's Canute ; Rienzi ; 

 Siil[ihuroa elegans ; Essex Rival ; Clark's Julia ; 

 Virgin Queen ; Striata formosissiina ; Stanford's 

 Contender; Rosa superba; Grand purple; Mar- 

 shal Soult ; Fire Mall ; Ne plus ultra ; Elphinstone's 

 Coronation; Corinne ; Reliance; Climax; Eva; 

 Red Rover, &c. 



From P. Barnes: Suffolk Hero; Unique; Clio 



[perfecta; Quilled Perfection; Coronation; iMid- 



dlesex Rival ; Sunbiiry Hero ; Beauty of the North ; 



Conqueror of Europe ; Metropolitan Perfection ; 



Striata formosissima, Red Rover, &c. &.c. 



Fronr. Hovey & Co. : Marshal Soult ; Horticul- 

 turist ; Striata formosissima; Horatio; Beauty of 

 the North ; .Mrs Rushton ; Stone's Yellow Perfec- 

 tion ; Gen. Washington ; Reliance ; Mrs Cox, 

 Red Rover ; Glory; Sulphurea elegans ; Splondis- 

 siina; Independent; Duchess of Richmond; Sir 

 Henry Fletcher; Rosetta; Unique; Lord Liver- 

 pool ; Eva ; Quilledi Perfection ; Princess Victoria ; 

 Blandina, &.c. 



From J. A. Kenrick : Duchess of Richmond ; 

 Ne plus ultra ; Rival Yellow, &c. 



From M. P. Wilder: Mrs Rushton; Unique; 

 Strata formosissima ; Ne plus ultra ; Beauty of the 

 Plain; Red Rover; Ovid; Advancer; Sir Henry 

 Fletcher; Castanda ; Duchess of Richmond ; Eva; 

 Iver Hero; Flora Hastings; Contender, (Stand- 

 ford's); Horticulturist; Bonny Jean; Lewisham 

 Rival ; Clio perfecta ; Girling's Heroine, &c. &c. 

 From D. Mclntire : Eva; Premier; Miss John- 

 son; Duke of Kent; Striata formosissima; Lord 

 Liverpool ; Marshal Soult ; Bontisholl ; Suffolk 

 Hero ; Mrs Broadivood ; Countess of Liverpool ; 

 Castanda, &c. &c. 



Frim D. Haggerston: Eva; Beauty of King- 

 scote; Princess Victoria; Striata formosissima; 

 Marshal Soult; Unique; Metropolitan Calypso; 

 Angelina; Splendissima ; Clio perfecta ; Dennisii ; 

 Red Rover ; Lady William Powlett ; Gen. Wash- 

 ington ; Beauty of the North, &c. 



From Joseph Breck & Co. : Striata formosissi- 

 ma ; Angelina; Duchess of Richmond; Unique; 

 Rival Sussex; Dennisii; Globe; Countess of 

 Liverpool ; Metropolitan Calypso ; Paragon, &.c. 



From R. Howe : Mrs Rushton ; Desdeniona ; - 

 Dennisii; Madonna; Suffolk Hero; Anirelina: 

 Red Rover; Countess of Liverpool, &c. 



